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Bodys from slaughtered children preserved in the Memorial we visited.
Le Pays des Mille Colines

August 11th 2006
We didn’t have plans for Rwanda, but as we were there in our way back from the volcano in Congo, we decided to look around the country of the thousand hills. Fore our surprise we found out one of the most developed countries visited do far in Africa besides its dark history. Quite recently the country was scene of one of the most impressive genocide known to mankind. In 1994 the dominant trib ... read more
Africa » Rwanda

Rwandan Flag In 1959, three years before independence from Belgium, the majority ethnic group, the Hutus, overthrew the ruling Tutsi king. Over the next several years, thousands of Tutsis were killed, and some 150,000 driven into exile in neighboring countries. T... ... read more
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